On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, MoMA, New York (2010)

Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing (deteriorated, detail), 1970
Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing/90° Vertical Planar Rotary, 1970
Photos © Gianfranco Gorgoni - Michael Heizer (source)

On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century

The Museum of Modern Art. New York
Nov. 21, 2010 - Feb. 7th, 2011

—Heizer is interested in the transformation of the earth’s surface through human action. This work relates to Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing (1970), an artwork in which the artist drove a motorcycle in circles in Jean Dry Lake, Nevada, creating a pattern of lines. The photographs document the process; the photographer and camera were strapped to a twenty-four-foot scaffold that was moved sixteen feet for each for each new shot. Heizer was a key member of the Land art movement, whose adherents made monumental land-based sculptures.

e-catalogue (Galerie 10, MoMA)

MoMA Talks
Ágnes Berecz, PhD

Paris I- Panthéon-Sorbonne 
Thursday, Dec. 02, 2010

Listen to the Talk

This lecture will trace the key themes of the exhibition—from the emergence of the line from the picture plane early in the century to the political and digital implications of the line in present time—through the work of selected artists, making an argument for a reconsideration of the idea of drawing, and its fundamental position at the heart of twentieth century art. 

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Full credits:

Michael Heizer, Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing (deteriorated, detail), 1970. Tire markings on playa surface, 900' x 500' area, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada Photo © Gianfranco Gorgoni.

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Michael Heizer,  Circular Surface Planar Displacement Drawing / 90° Vertical Planar Rotary, 1970. 50 black-and-white photographs of variable dimention. Private collection. Photos © Gianfranco Gorgoni - Michael Heizer

Source: New York Social Diary (Jill Krementz, review)